A review of the spider genus Singaporemma (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae), with the description of a new species
Author
Yan, Fanhu
Author
Lin, Yucheng
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.6
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Singaporemma adjacens
Lehtinen, 1981
Figures 6H–h
,
7A
(cited from Lehtinen, 1980: fig. 47, slightly modified)
Singaporemma adjacens
Lehtinen, 1981
: 31
, figs 47, 51, 64.
S. adjacens
Lin
et al.
, 2017
: 51
, fig.
23F.
Examined material.
Holotype
♂
(
ZMUT
),
VIETNAM
:
Quang Ninh
,
Ha Long
, in litter of dense jungle close to seashore, altitude
10 m
,
12 October 1978
,
P.T. Lehtinen
leg, examined and photographed by
Seppo K.
Diagnosis.
Male of this species is distinguished from
S. wulongensis
and
S. bifurcata
by the lack of a furcate tip in embolus, but present in the latter two (
Fig. 6H, 6h
vs.
Fig. 6E–F, 6e–f
), and from the rest of congeners by the wider, belt-shaped embolus, but narrower, tubular in the rest (
Fig. 6H, 6h
vs.
Fig. 6A–D, 6G, 6a–d,
6g
). Female differs from females of other
Singaporemma
specie by the shorter, smaller central process (
Fig. 7A
vs.
Figs 2E
,
5D
,
7B
), and the lack of inner vulval plate and anterior ventrolateral plate (
Fig. 7A
vs.
Figs 7C
,
8A–B
,
9A–B
).
Description.
See
Lehtinen, 1981
: 31.
Remark.
We have no chance to examine the
type
material of
S. adjacens
from
Vietnam
for this study. Dr. Seppo Koponen (University of Turku,
Finland
) helped us to reexamine the
holotype
of this species and photographed its left palp. This species shows an egg-shaped bulb, a unique character within the genus
Singaporemma
. Unfortunately, we also had no chance to check the female specimens, so we can only cite Lehtinen’s illustration of this species (
Fig. 7A
as modified from
Lehtinen, 1981
: 109, fig. 47).
Distribution.
Vietnam
(
Fig. 10
).